Summer and Smoke
In the heat of summer... the smoke of desire...
6.6(29) 1961-11-16 118 minDramaRomance
In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
DirectorPeter Glenville
ScreenplayMeade Roberts
ProducerHal B. Wallis
ScreenplayJames Poe
Original Music ComposerElmer Bernstein
Cast & characters
Laurence Harvey
as John Buchanan Jr.
Geraldine Page
as Alma Winemiller
Rita Moreno
as Rosa Zacharias
Una Merkel
as Mrs. Winemiller
John McIntire
as Dr. Buchanan
Thomas Gomez
as Papa Zacharias
Pamela Tiffin
as Nellie Ewell
Malcolm Atterbury
as Rev. Winemiller
Lee Patrick
as Mrs. Ewell
Max Showalter
as Roger Doremus
Earl Holliman
as Archie Kramer
Rico Alaniz
as Knife Thrower (uncredited)
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Cheryl Anderson
as Alma as a Girl (uncredited)
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Lon Ballantyne
as Orderly (uncredited)
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John Barton
as Townsman (uncredited)
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Ray Beltram
as Cantina Patron (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett
as Saleslady (uncredited)
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Dick Bernie
as Drummer (uncredited)
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Eumenio Blanco
as Cantina Patron (uncredited)
Margaret Blye
as Dusty (uncredited)
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George Bruggeman
as Cantina Patron (uncredited)
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Betty Lynn Budzak
as Girl (uncredited)
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Irene Calvillo
as Party Guest (uncredited)
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Winnie Chandler
as Mrs. Bassett (uncredited)
